Device for cutting wall-paper.



W. FIELD. DEVICE FOR CUTTING WALL PAPER. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. s,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM FIELD, OF PENGE, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES PARKIN, OF LONDON,ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING WALL-PAPER.

To alliwhom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM FIELD, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at 3 Hamilton Place, Penge, inthe county of Kent, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Cut-ting W'alLPaper; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invent-ion relates to means for cutting wall paper aroundskirtings, door frames, windows and the like and refers to an improvedapparatus or device by means of which the paper can be very accuratelycut so as to fit neatly and closely to the edges of the skirtings,wainscoting or the like, thus enabling the use of scissors to be avoidedto a large extent.

The invention consists generally in providing a circular knife or cuttersuitably mounted so as to rotate around a bearing pin or its equivalentcarried by a suit-able handle, means being provided for mounting a gagewheel or wheels or the like of suitable sizes above the cutter, withmeans for enabling such gage wheels to be easily changed and forenabling them to be moved nearer to or farther from the cutter accordingto the shape of the molding or the like upon which such wheels are toroll when the device is in use.

In one particular way of making an apparatus according to the presentinvention a suitable handle is provided carrying a flattened shaft whichis furnished near the outer end with a suitably threaded hole. I alsoprovide a pin of suitable size screw-threaded at the extremity andadapted to screw into the beforementioned hole at the end of the handle.Mounted so as to rotate upon the aforesaid pin is a sleeve or hollowspindle which is screw-threaded on its outer surface and is held inposition by an enlarged head car- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 8, 1913.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

Serial No. 788,637.

the knife by means of a suitable lock nut. The apertures in all the lastmentioned part-s that is the circular knife, gaging roller, and the locknut are preferably of sufficient size to pass over the head of the fixedpin, which is smaller in diameter than the outer diameter of the sleeve.And in order that my said invention may be better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanyingthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device;Fig. 2 is a plan of same; Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, partly insection, but provided with a different gaging roller.

The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts inall the views.

a is a handle which is provided with aprojecting flattened metal rod 6.

c is a pin which is furnished with an enlarged head (1 and with a screwthreaded portion 6 screwing tightly into a hole in the rod 1).

f is a sleeve or hollow spindle which is provided with a flange at g andhas a screw thread formed on the outer surface thereof.

it is a circular cutting knife which may be screwed on to the sleeve fattached to the flange g by means of screws as shown at Fig. 3.

m, Fig 2, is a gage wheel which is also screwed into position upon thesleeve f, its distance from the knife being adjusted to suitrequirements.

19 is a milled lock nut which screws on to the sleeve f and locks thegaging roller m in position.

The method of using the device will be readily understood. The gagingroller after being adjusted according to the shape or depth of themolding is rested so that it can roll along the edge of such molding,frame or the like around which the paper is to be cut with the edge ofthe circular knife coming into the desired cutting position, then whenthe handle is drawn along, all the parts mounted on the hollow spindle frotate therewith about the fixed pin 0. In this way a very neat andclose edge can be out upon the paper to be fitted.

Any number of gaging rollers may be provided which can be easilyinterchanged for one another, the surfaces of such rollers beingsuit-ably formed or shaped in order to enable the device to be used withmoldings or frames of any required contour. At Fig. 3 another suchroller is shown denoted by n which is kept at the required distance fromthe knife 72, by means of the lock nut 29.

In some cases a perforation or perforations may be provided in one ormore of the parts, for instance in the circular knife, b which theloosening of the parts may be effected when taking them to pieces.

It will be understood that the particular construction of the devicejust described is merely given by way of example as the particularmethod of forming the various parts and mounting them with relation toone another may be varied to suit requirements without departing fromthe principle of my invention.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesof Amer- 1ca 1s:

1. In a device for cutting wall paper, the combination of a handle, aflattened metal rod carried by said handle, a pin screwed into saidflattened rod, a sleeve rotatable upon said pin and provided with anexternal screw thread, a rotary cutter fixed on said sleeve, a gagmgroller adapted to screw on to said sleeve and to be adjusted at. variousdistances from the said rotary cutter, a locking nut adapted to screw onto the said sleeve and to lock the gaging roller after adjustment, andan enlarged head to said pin for holding the sleeve in position on saidpin substantially as described.

2. In a device for cutting wall paper the combination of a handle, aflattened metal rod on said handle, a pin screwed into said flattenedrod, a sleeve rotatable upon said pin and furnished with an externalscrew thread on the exterior thereof and with a flange at. the endadjacent to the flattened rod, a rotary cutter adapted to be passed onto said sleeve, screws screwing through the flange on the sleeve andinto the blade of the cutter for holding same in position, a gagingroller provided with an internally screw threaded central hole andadapted to screw on to the sleeve so that its distance from the rotarycutter can be adjusted, a lock nut adapted to screw on to the sleeve andto lock the gaging roller in position after adjustment and an enlargedhead to the fixed pin for holding the sleeve in position substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM FIELD.

Witnesses L. SnMMAIDs, H. RowLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

